AI Safety Expert - Red Team

Mercor · India

  • Experience1–2 yrs
  • SalaryDisclosed
  • Work moderemote
  • Leveljunior
  • Posted15 Sept 2026
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About Mercor

Mercor is hiring in India in technology software. This role looks for around 1+ years of experience.

Skills

  • English
  • Punjabi
  • Adversarial Machine Learning
  • Cybersecurity
  • Socio-technical Risk

The role

An AI safety red-team specialist at an AI research talent marketplace red-teams conversational AI models through jailbreaks, prompt injections, and adversarial machine learning, and analyzes socio-technical risks and cybersecurity vulnerabilities. The work applies penetration testing and reverse engineering to produce reproducible attack cases and human data for model safety.

Full job description

About The Job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.

Position: AI Safety Experts — English & Punjabi

Type: Contract

Compensation: $20–$22/hour

Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

Red team conversational AI models and agents. Focus on jailbreaks, prompt injections, misuse cases, and bias exploitation.Generate high-quality human data. Annotate failures, classify vulnerabilities, and flag systemic risks.Apply structure using taxonomies, benchmarks, and playbooks. Ensure consistent testing.Document reproducibly. Produce reports, datasets, and attack cases for customer action.

Qualifications

Must-Have

Fluent Language Skills Required: English & Punjabi. Native fluency in English and Punjabi is required.Prior red teaming experience in AI adversarial work, cybersecurity, or socio-technical probing.Ability to explain risks clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.Adaptability to move across projects and customers.

Preferred

Experience in Adversarial ML: jailbreak datasets, prompt injection, RLHF/DPO attacks, model extraction.Cybersecurity: penetration testing, exploit development, reverse engineering.Socio-technical risk expertise: harassment/disinfo probing, abuse analysis, conversational AI testing.Creative probing skills: psychology, acting, writing for unconventional adversarial thinking.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

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For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcomeFor any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com

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